They must really be into loopholes. I guess Philly is technically going to be the first city with a sugar/soda tax but here in Cook County (Chicagoish) we have a candy tax AND a soda tax. The city also has a bottled water tax, among many other things.

After reviewing the statistics for overweight/obese in the USA I gotta admit it is time to ban fast food, pop, all of it. Taxing it won't be enough to stop people from eating and drinking the wrong things. Yes, I enjoy that stuff in moderation...but obviously people are not moderating intake.

If this sounds too extreme, PLEASE look around in public sometime. I am in one of the "healthier" states Minnesota and there are way too many fatsos. It is a full blown crisis at this point, you can laugh all you want but processed GMO "foods" full of HFCS is destroying people's health and not just the non Whites.

I've been researching fitness for a while now and it appears diet is FAR more important than exercise. Freedom isn't working...people are killing themselves it is disturbing, very sad to watch.

After reviewing the statistics for overweight/obese in the USA I gotta admit it is time to ban fast food, pop, all of it. Taxing it won't be enough to stop people from eating and drinking the wrong things. Yes, I enjoy that stuff in moderation...but obviously people are not moderating intake.

If this sounds too extreme, PLEASE look around in public sometime. I am in one of the "healthier" states Minnesota and there are way too many fatsos. It is a full blown crisis at this point, you can laugh all you want but processed GMO "foods" full of HFCS is destroying people's health and not just the non Whites.

I've been researching fitness for a while now and it appears diet is FAR more important than exercise. Freedom isn't working...people are killing themselves it is disturbing, very sad to watch.

The government should never ban anything just because it's bad for you. Once that starts it won't end. It's not too far fetched to say the vegans will try to outlaw meat, or doctors will stop all fried foods or maybe no candy.

We already have too much government intervention. I don't want anymore.

The government should never ban anything just because it's bad for you. Once that starts it won't end. It's not too far fetched to say the vegans will try to outlaw meat, or doctors will stop all fried foods or maybe no candy.

We already have too much government intervention. I don't want anymore.